... AS rRONOMY. r the THE NEW PLANET. T1 Ot, On the 13th of last month a memoir of the highest 511 very interest was read by the Astronomer Royal at the meet- wi )the ing of the Royal-Astronomical Society, on the history of thec( Elos- the discovery of' the newly-found planet. As yet the addie fling planet hias not got an acknowledged name, and it may Gave nidcome to be called Atlas, as suggested ...

... on Thursday last, tile own clerk recommended an increase in the salaries paid to his cleiks, Messrs. Driffield, Topping, and Jamieson.' It seems there is a disposition abroad to augment the salaries of persons high in office, leaving those who have really to perform the work of the Corporation to be miserably underpaid. take this opportunity of contrasting the number of hours the clerks at ...

... ?Letter?. THE; WATER QUESTION.t the To the EDITORS oJ 0he LIVERPOOL MERCUlRY.s ng- GINTLaII5N,-Wi!I you be kind enough to inform me as~t whether, providing the Hiighway Board succeed in ob- h*eir taining their bill to gupply the rate-payers with water, I f ice, ehall be rated for property where I do not consume water. E i In fact, I am now rated for premises £120 per nnnum, t ont and having ...

... AMERICA. GREAT BATTLE BETWEEN tub AMERICAN AND MEXICAN FORCES. The Royal Mail Steiuß-ihip Hibernin, Captain Rjrrie, which left Boeton Ist inat. and Halitax on the 3d, arrived m the Meraejr jeoterdajr morning. She brings vetjr important neva. A great battle haa been fought between the American and Mexican armiee, between Saltillo and Monterey. The accounts are not verjr positive aa to the ...

... honour respectfully to announce that MESSRS'. DAWBARN and SON, of 110, Bold-street, Liverpool, *111 continue to be their sole agents for that town, and will have the exclusive sale of this fashionable Coat. Messrs. Nicoll can most cheerfully recommend this establishment any of their patrons residing neighbourhood whi may require, with the Paletot Coats, either Drew or Frock, Trou-era. ...

... REVIEW THE BRITISH TRADE. t from the Mark-lane Express.) The excitement in the grain trade has rather ' than diminished since our last, and there are at symptoms of a pause in the upward movement 1 day furnishes fresh evidence the extreme scarcity** vailing Ireland; and by the accounts received thence it clear that 'he supplies, hitherto sent f° hence —large they may have been—are as aHr - the ...

... RANDOM THOOUGHIN LEIS BY FCBzs ELIZABBTH D3 B~~ Fw'rczs ?? Ul By FANCS ELZART~i DAVyU Black Ipirit an m~lt~be. II. rea spirits And groy Mingngle, gle, mi blmingle, YOU that 91,81 Do spirits walk the earth? How oftenitha suggested to the thoughts of the olirii qust; nature, but whene sball we find the Sage wh tdn of reov h roblemP Not Pythagoras lea? can t Itt lre, and backed by his fifteen ...

... PORTUGAL. Account* from Oporto of the 10th instant state that the Junta dissolved itself, and Saldanha and his troops have entered the town, where they are at present in garrison with the Spanish troops under Concha. The castle of Fos is garrisoned English marines. The Duke of Terceira and his fellow-captives, the Marquis of Louie and several other distinguished members of the Junta, have ...

... C.\::Pr S ASKS AT VuHK.—J.M. 14 11., M. II . tn . :up New Yoik.and their diin «li 11:it«m pr day, wo ...

... trfte btitr~fftt ftl'vcurA#. SALUB POPULT LEX SUPREMA. F7RIDAY, APRILc 28, 1843. We are informed, on the best authority, that. during the Easter recess, the Government has beenl ?? engaged in negotiations with the representa- Lires of the Dissenters, snd of the Liberal party opposed to the Education Bill, and that, as the f result of these negotiations, they have made up their minds to accede ...

... IMEETING IN FAVOUR OF SIR 3. GRAHAM'S ~ ' . .Ad - c ne ?? em YestOrdSY, as aipremed in ?? adyorilseiltents, A meetlfli 01 e5t'?' d the friendS of licelettital edo tln.?wh ?? theOl5Ii?S55 scrapl np in that subject ?? When liutsi0flt. was held in tbe Royal Amphitheatre, Great Clistlo ehildt ii street. to adopt and sign a potitlitfl to the Legi5httt5tO? Tho e ineotlog was called foe ...

... 'A,,10in WEDNES-DAY, A14ps4 19.. ie~w The ad30afneid monthly and quarterly meeting o t- 4Council ms hold on Wednesday last, fore th e pron tb inotant, lng the business left unfinished at the eerovtinon the th bint for .and also to tales Into consideratiton the P brovision ?? bill fo the better ?? of filre within the borough. There w a mey full attendance of prembeM CAtEAAINST THE HEAD ...